. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits : season of 1894. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 21. â 4 IHE NEW FLORIDA WAiEK LILV, ODORATA GIGANTEA. Hardy Water Lilies, or Nymphaeas. The following species are pei'fectly liardy everywhere. We do not mean that the roots will stand actual freezing, but in the soil beneath the water, where the frost cannot reach them, they are sate, no matter how thick the ice forms on the surface of the water. Once established in a pond, lake or any still b idy of water, they will spread from
. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits : season of 1894. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 21. â 4 IHE NEW FLORIDA WAiEK LILV, ODORATA GIGANTEA. Hardy Water Lilies, or Nymphaeas. The following species are pei'fectly liardy everywhere. We do not mean that the roots will stand actual freezing, but in the soil beneath the water, where the frost cannot reach them, they are sate, no matter how thick the ice forms on the surface of the water. Once established in a pond, lake or any still b idy of water, they will spread from year to year and furnish quantities of their exquisite flowers- They can also bo grown with perfect success in ordi- nary tubs io t lie yard, and bloom all summer. In the fall pour otf nearly all the water and remove to the cellar for the winter. In tubs they should have the same soil as recommended for thu preceding varieties In planting the roots do not tie them to a stone and sink them, as recommended by many, l)ut push the roots carefully into the mud after which they will take care of themselves, and flower beautifully every summer. NYMPH/EA ODORATA. Our native Water, or Pond Lily, the praises of which can never be too highly sung. Its lovely white antly exotics. Where the mud is very rich it will produce flowers six inches and leaves thirteen inches across. Extra fine roots, -De. each, 3 for .50c. NYMPH/EA ODORATA HINOR. A dwarf variety of the above, i>ossessing the same qualities of hardiness and fragrauce, but producing flow- ers only one and a half or two inches across, white, tinted witli pink on the outside. The leaves are also corres- pondingly small. One of the most perfect little gems imaginable. Price, 20 cents each, 3 for .50 cents. NYHPH/EA ODORATA GIGANTEA. This is a gigantic form of the common White Water Lily which we discovered in this state. We have meas- ured leaves of it which were 22 inches in diameter, and flowers eight inches across. The leaves ar
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